Dear District 2, Area 1 Constituents,
I’m writing this letter to let you know that for the past 6 years I have tried to get the city to the table to finish annexation, provide services and complete the necessary road work on West Alameda. For the last year we have been having informal talks with the City of Santa Fe, trying to come up with some workable solutions. We have reestablished the EULU and the EULA . We will reappoint those position on the County side at our January 10 meeting. The City has appointed their members. Talks have been going slow and I am still advocating for this portion to be returned to the county after 14 years of you having to live with being under City Land Use code, but not being able to vote in city elections and that you receive no services from the City.
The only option I can offer you is to consider petitioning the Board of County Commissioner to join the Traditional Village of Agua Fria. You could never be annexed if that happened. You still have the right to petition, according to my county attorney but time is running out, as the city is actually meeting and talking with us. So this is what you must do if want to stay in the County. This is the only option I can offer. You qualify because you are adjacent to the Traditional Historic Village of Agua Fria and you are living on land that was once consider part of the village. Also I have provided a link to the Agua Fria Traditional Village Plan. Please see below the process for petitioning.
The link to the Agua Fria Village Plan 2015 Update:
https://www.santafecountynm.gov/media/files/2015%20Village%20of%20Agua%20Fria%20Community%20Plan%20Update.pdfThe Agua Fria Village Association would be willing to reconvene another Planning Committee. Coyote Ridge was in the original boundaries of the Village historically (going back to 1640 and in the 1994 Incorporation by Agua Fria). I believe it was either Sandoval or Probst land.
Sid Monroe lives in the Coyote Ridge neighborhood and has been following this process for the last
14 years. He will be the contact for you with this request. His phone number is 505-603-0986 and
email sidneysmonroe@gmail.comEnclosed are:
NMSA 1978, Section 3-21-1, Subsection D of which requires submission of a “petition by
twenty-five percent or more of the qualified electors of the territory within the village, community,
neighborhood or district requesting the designation” as a traditional historic community as a prerequisite to the Board of County Commissioners designating an areas as a traditional historic community; and NMSA 1978, § 3-7-1.1, Subsection A of which sets for the criteria for an areas to qualify as a traditional historic community.
N. M. S. A. 1978, § 3-21-1
§ 3-21-1. Zoning; authority of county or municipality
Effective: April 3, 2019
A. For the purpose of promoting health, safety, morals or the general welfare, a county or municipality is a zoning authority and may regulate and restrict within its jurisdiction the:
(1) height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures;
(2) percentage of a lot that may be occupied;
(3) size of yards, courts and other open space;
(4) density of population; and
(5) location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.
B. The county or municipal zoning authority may:
(1) divide the territory under its jurisdiction into districts of such number, shape, area and form as is necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 3-21-1 through 3-21-14 NMSA 1978; and
(2) regulate or restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures or land in each district. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings within each district, but regulation in one district may differ from regulation in another district.
C. All state-licensed or state-operated community residences for persons with a mental or developmental disability and serving ten or fewer persons may be considered a residential use of property for purposes of zoning and may be permitted use in all districts in which residential uses are permitted generally, including particularly residential zones for single-family dwellings.
D. A board of county commissioners of the county in which the greatest amount of the territory of the petitioning village, community, neighborhood or district lies may declare by ordinance that a village, community, neighborhood or district is a “traditional historic community” upon petition by twenty-five percent or more of the qualified electors of the territory within the village, community, neighborhood or district requesting the designation. The number of qualified electors shall be based on county records as of the date of the last general election.
E. Any village, community, neighborhood or district that is declared a traditional historic community shall be excluded from the extraterritorial zone and extraterritorial zoning authority of any municipality whose extraterritorial zoning authority extends to include all or a portion of the traditional historic community and shall be subject to the zoning jurisdiction of the county in which the greatest portion of the traditional historic community lies.
F. Zoning authorities, including zoning authorities of home rule municipalities, shall accommodate
multigenerational housing by creating a mechanism to allow up to two kitchens within a single-family zoning district, such as conditional use permits.
G. For the purpose of this section, “multigenerational” means any number of persons related by blood, common ancestry, marriage, guardianship or adoption.
